In his recent trip to Japan, USA President Barack Obama had the pleasure to meet with HRP-4C (the robotic dancing Diva) and Paro (a robot baby seal). He also got to sit in the latest Toyota i-REAL personal transportation vehicle.
Below you can see a video of the event. Note how noisy PARO can be.
More heads of state such as Russian Medvedev, Chinese Hu Jintao, and Chilean Sebastián Piñera were also present and had a chance to meet the robots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrIqSY7Y8L4
Via IEEE Spectrum.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/index.php/blog/show/obama-vs-screaming-robot-seal-hrp-4c-stands-close-by